Workshop set to get the dirt out'

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Aug 29, 2008 at 12:01 AM

Dear Editor: Mark your calendars for the first ever 'Get The Dirt Out Tuscaloosa' citizen-training and erosion control workshop. Get your garden clubs or neighborhood watch or association to spread the word as well.

It is planned on Sept. 20 at the McAbee Center on Veterans Memorial Parkway, 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Only 50 places are available so sign up for a seat in this historic class. It's free to anyone who wants to take charge of the environmental future. Contact me at hccreekkeeper@gmail.com.Have you ever wondered when it's raining 'where is all that mud coming from?' In most cases, it comes from developers and builders who skirt or even ignore environmental regulations. Who is supposed to be monitoring this? Who do I report this to? When I report it, nothing happens, what do I do next?It's time toget the dirt out.Take time to view this video of the problems on one tributary of Hurricane Creek. This is happening throughout the area: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCYYMSYM_s.The only way to take back our communities and create a responsible attitude with developers as well as city leaders is for the people to become involved in the process. We will teach all participants to reproduce what I do as Hurricane Creekkeeper. The future is now and we must, as citizens, force compliance of laws set to protect us from irresponsible contractors and developers and the elected officials who see our waterways as industrial waste conduits.

'Get the dirt out.'

John L. WathenTuscaloosa

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